Patents by Inventor Qi Chen

Qi Chen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240132731
    Abstract: Provided are a surface zwitterionized silicone antifouling coating and a preparation method thereof. In the disclosure, hydroxyl-terminated polydimethylsiloxane and N-aminoethyl-3-aminopropyl methyl dimethoxysilane are used as raw materials, and tetramethylammonium hydroxide pentahydrate is used as a catalyst, thereby preparing a series of polydimethylsiloxane resins containing amino side chains in different proportions; then side chain amino modified polydimethylsiloxane is crosslinked and cured by using 3-glycidyloxypropyltrimethoxysilane as a curing agent; after that, the cured silicone coating is soaked in a solution of 1,3-propane sultone in acetone for ionization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Jun WANG, Zhixin WANG, Dalei SONG, Rongrong CHEN, Qi LIU, Jingyuan LIU, Jing YU, Jiahui ZHU, Gaohui SUN
  • Publication number: 20240133453
    Abstract: Provided is an electric cable driving mechanism having a self-return function. The electric cable driving mechanism includes a housing assembly, an electric motor, a three-stage transmission mechanism and a multifunctional nut, the three-stage transmission mechanism includes a coil spring assembly, the electric motor is fixed to the housing assembly, and the three-stage transmission mechanism and the multifunctional nut are mounted in the housing assembly; and the multifunctional nut includes two cable mounting grooves and is in transmission connection to the electric motor by means of the three-stage transmission mechanism. According to the electric cable driving mechanism having a self-return function of the present disclosure, the three-stage transmission mechanism is used, and outputs a larger force compared with two-stage transmission; and a split multifunctional screw rod is easy to mount, such that mounting of a coil spring during assembly is prevented from scratching the screw rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: KEIPER SEATING MECHANISMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhihui ZHANG, Jinghui CHEN, Yutong GUO, Jiahao SHEN, Peina LIAN, Qi WANG, Jian CHANG
  • Patent number: 11968769
    Abstract: A dielectric barrier discharging tube, which has a synergistic column of needle electrodes to utilize a plurality of channels to adsorb catalysts, is provided. The dielectric barrier discharging tube includes: a quartz tube, a high-voltage pole, an inner electrode, and a plurality discharging needle sets. Two catalytic blocks are arranged respectively on two sides of each set discharging needles. Each catalytic block defines at least one inclined inner channel and at least one inclined outer channel. A higher end of each channel faces towards the discharging needle, and a lower end of each channel faces towards the discharging needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: HANGZHOU CITY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Qi Qiu, Pengfei Wang, Qinmin Yang, Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 11965805
    Abstract: A sampling device and method for evaluating ecological risk of soil in a high geological background area comprises an impact sampling mechanism, a soil layer stripping mechanism and an auxiliary support frame. The impact sampling mechanism comprises a sampling hopper with a downward opening. A connecting sliding rod is fixedly arranged on the top of the sampling hopper. An upper end of the connecting sliding rod is connected with an impact rod. The impact rod is internally provided with an impact hammer capable of reciprocating along an axis of the impact rod. The soil layer stripping mechanism comprises a stripping sliding cylinder in sliding fit with the connecting sliding rod, and a support disc. A plurality of stripping plates are connected to a lower side edge of the support disc in a sliding fit mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, MEE, Anhui Provincial Academy of Eco-Environmental Science Research
    Inventors: Rongrong Ying, Wenbing Ji, Caiyi Zhao, Bing Xia, Yuanyuan Lu, Xiaoyu Zhang, Zhewei Hu, Yanhong Feng, Qi Li, Aijing Yin, Hongfeng Chen
  • Patent number: 11966806
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a commodity positioning method and apparatus, a device and a storage medium. The method comprises: acquiring map information marked with multiple pieces of shelf identity information, wherein the multiple pieces of shelf identity information are in one-to-one correspondence with shelves; acquiring shelf image information corresponding to the shelf identity information; identifying, according to the shelf image information, a commodity corresponding to each of electronic price label apparatuses on a corresponding shelf and a first positional relationship between each of the electronic price label apparatuses and the corresponding shelf; generating location information of each of the commodities according to the first positional relationship and the map information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: HANSHOW TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shiguo Hou, Min Liang, Jun Chen, Qi Jiang, Yang Zhao
  • Patent number: 11967119
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for coding. The methods may include receiving at least two contexts, for each of the at least two contexts, obtaining at least one coding parameter corresponding to the context from at least one lookup table, determining a probability interval value corresponding to the context based on a previous probability interval value and the at least one coding parameter, determining a normalized probability interval value corresponding to the context by performing a normalization operation on the probability interval value, determining a probability interval lower limit corresponding to the context based on a previous probability interval lower limit and the at least one coding parameter, determining a normalized probability interval lower limit corresponding to the context by performing the normalization operation on the probability interval lower limit, and outputting at least one byte based on the normalized probability interval lower limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG DAHUA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pan Yu, Zhuqing Zhu, Qi Chen, Wei Fang, Yinchang Yang
  • Patent number: 11968122
    Abstract: The present invention provides a joint optimization method and system for delay and spectrum occupation in a cloud-edge collaborative network. The method includes: initializing a cloud-edge collaborative network, and generating a set of user requests; establishing a target function of minimum average end-to-end delay and minimum spectrum slot occupation of a user request; during processing of each user request based on the target function, sequentially determining whether a node and path selection uniqueness constraint, a mobile edge computing (MEC) server load constraint, a spectrum resource occupation and uniqueness constraint, a spectrum continuity constraint, and a spectrum consistency constraint are satisfied, where if all constraints are satisfied, the user request is successfully processed, and the process turns to step S4; or if any constraint is not satisfied, the user request fails to be processed; and calculating average end-to-end delay and spectrum resource occupancy of the user request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Bowen Chen, Ling Liu, Ruixin Liang, Shoucui Wang, Qi Chen, Gangxiang Shen, Mingyi Gao, Weidong Shao, Hong Chen
  • Publication number: 20240128432
    Abstract: The present application provides a method for preparing a prelithiated positive electrode current collector, the method comprising the following steps: gasifying a lithium source in an evaporation chamber filled with a protective gas; enabling an aluminum foil layer to pass through the evaporation chamber and depositing the metal lithium on a surface of the aluminum foil layer by means of vapor deposition; and transferring the aluminum foil layer deposited with the metal lithium to an annealing chamber filled with a protective gas and performing high-temperature annealing to form a lithium-aluminum alloy layer on the surface of the aluminum foil layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yuxi ZHANG, Shaohua AI, Xin ZHOU, Yu CHEN, Qi ZENG
  • Publication number: 20240126072
    Abstract: An optical assembly and a luminaire with extreme cutoff beam control optics. The optical assembly includes a base, at least one lens, at least one light emitting diode (LED) positioned to emit light into the lens, and a curved reflector disposed adjacent to the LED. The reflector can be characterized by a first angle between a plane of the base and a first line joining a distal end of the lens furthest laterally from a first end of the reflector and a second end of the reflector located over the lens, and a second angle between the plane of the base and a second line joining a point on the lens located at the optical axis of the LED and the second end of the reflector. The first angle can be between 60° and 90°, and the second angle can be between 70° and 130°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Qi Ai, Jie Chen, Craig Eugene Marquardt
  • Publication number: 20240124616
    Abstract: A graft copolymer and a preparation method and use thereof. The method for preparing a graft copolymer includes: dissolving an N-ethyl-2-pyrrolidinone-substituted flavan-3-ol (EPSF) and a starch in a polar organic solvent, to obtain a raw material solution; and mixing the raw material solution with ascorbic acid and hydrogen peroxide to obtain a mixture, and subjecting the mixture to a grafting reaction, to obtain the graft copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: ANHUI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: QI CHEN, XIAOCHUN WAN, XIAOYAN GUO, ZONGDE JIANG, XIAOQIAN WANG, YUQIN XIA
  • Publication number: 20240119307
    Abstract: The embodiments are directed towards providing personalized federated learning (PFL) models via sharable federated basis models. A model architecture and learning algorithm for PFL models is disclosed. The embodiments learn a set of basis models, which can be combined layer by layer to form a personalized model for each client using specifically learned combination coefficients. The set of basis models are shared with each client of a set of the clients. Thus, the set of basis models is common to each client of the set of clients. However, each client may generate a unique PFL based on their specifically learned combination coefficients. The unique combination of coefficients for each client may be encoded in a separate personalized vector for each of the clients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Hong-You Chen, Boqing Gong, Mingda Zhang, Hang Qi, Xuhui Jia, Li Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240116707
    Abstract: A powered industrial truck includes a lateral movement assembly including four sliding members and four pivotal members both on a wheeled carriage, four links having a first end pivotably secured to the sliding member and a second end pivotably secured to either end of the pivotal member, a motor shaft having two ends pivotably secured to the pivotal members respectively, a first electric motor on one frame member, and four mounts attached to the sliding members respectively; two lift assemblies including a second electric motor, a shaft having two ends rotatably secured to the sliding members respectively, two gear trains at the ends of the shaft respectively, a first gear connected to the second electric motor, a second gear on the shaft, and a first roller chain on the first and second gears; two electric attachments on the platform and being laterally moveable, each attachment. The mount has rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Jung-Chieh Chang, Yi-Sheng Chen, Jen-Yung Hsiao, Chia-Fu Hsiao, Wei-Qi Lao, Chen-Chih Chan, Chung-Yu Liu
  • Patent number: 11951445
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of materials for uranium extraction from seawater (UES), and in particular, to a photothermal photocatalytic membrane for seawater desalination and uranium extraction and a preparation method therefor. The present disclosure provides a photothermal photocatalytic membrane for seawater desalination and uranium extraction and a preparation method therefor. The preparation method includes: fixing a treated carbon cloth to a glass plate, pouring a casting solution 1 onto the carbon cloth to form a first layer of film, forming a second layer of film using a casting solution 2, and putting the second layer of film into a first coagulation bath and a second coagulation bath in sequence to form the photothermal photocatalytic membrane. The photothermal photocatalytic membrane is supported by the carbon cloth, and a surface of the photothermal photocatalytic membrane is of a micro-nano structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Harbin Engineering University
    Inventors: Jun Wang, Bingtao Zhang, Hongsen Zhang, Qi Liu, Jiahui Zhu, Jingyuan Liu, Jing Yu, Rongrong Chen, Lele Wang
  • Patent number: 11951765
    Abstract: A blackboard eraser cleaning device is provided and includes an outer shell (1). A cover (2) is arranged at the upper part of the outer shell (1), an inner shell (3) is arranged inside the outer shell (1). A clamping mechanism (19) is arranged at the upper end of the inner shell (3). A leaning station (8) is defined inside the clamping mechanism (19). A cylinder (9) is arranged around the clamping mechanism (19). A height adjustment mechanism (10) is arranged inside the outer shell (1). The height adjustment mechanism (10) includes a servo (101) arranged inside the outer shell (1) and located on a side of the inner shell (3). According to the present application, a variety of cleaning modes may be achieved to meet the actual usage of the blackboard eraser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Qinmin Yang, Qi Qiu, Hao Chen, Mingbin Gong
  • Publication number: 20240110255
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a extra thick hot rolled H section steel and a production method therefor. The extra thick hot rolled H section steel contains, by mass, the following chemical components: 0.04-0.11% of C, 0.10-0.40% of Si, 0.40-1.00% of Mn, 0.40-1.00% of Cr, 0.10-0.40% of Cu, 0.020-0.060% of Nb, 0.040-0.100% of V, 0.010-0.025% of Ti, 0.010-0.030% of Al, 0.0060-0.0120% of N, not more than 0.015% of P, not more than 0.005% of S, not more than 0.0060% of O, and the balance Fe and trace residual elements, wherein 0.090%?Nb+V+Ti?0.170%, 6.5?(V+Ti)/N?10.5, and 0.30%?CEV?0.48%. The extra thick hot rolled H section steel has a flange thickness of 90 mm-150 mm, has excellent comprehensive mechanical properties, and can well meet the needs for heavy supporting structural parts of high-rise buildings, large squares, bridge structures, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Meng XIA, Baoqiao WU, Meizhuang WU, Jun XING, Jie WANG, Hui CHEN, Jingcheng YAN, Qi HUANG, Lin PENG, Junwei HE, Zhaohui DING, Qiancheng SHEN
  • Publication number: 20240110178
    Abstract: An application of a prokaryotic Argonaute protein with only a cleavage activity of a target ribonucleic acid (RNA) in RNA editing is provided. The Argonaute protein is derived from a mesophilic prokaryotes Verrucomimicrobia bacterium, and its amino acid sequence is shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or a protein with high similarity to SEQ ID NO: 1 and the same function. This protein has binding activity to a single-stranded guide DNA and nuclease activity only to the target RNA complementarily paired with the single-stranded guide DNA. Therefore, the protein can be utilized for in vitro and in vivo targeted RNA editing, providing a new powerful tool for RNA editing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Lixin Ma, Qi Liu, Yang Liu, Fei Wang, Wanping Chen
  • Patent number: 11948845
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device and a system for testing flatness. The device for testing flatness includes a base, a testing platform, and a ranging sensor. The testing platform is assembled on the base. The testing platform includes a supporting structure. The supporting structure is disposed on the side of the testing platform away from the base and is used to support a to-be-tested board. The structure matches the structure of the to-be-tested board. The ranging sensor is disposed on the side of the testing platform away from the base. After the to-be-tested board is placed on the testing platform, the ranging sensor is used to test distances between a number N of to-be-tested positions on the to-be-tested board and the ranging sensor, to obtain N pieces of distance information, and the N pieces of distance information are used to determine the flatness of the to-be-tested board, where N is an integer greater than 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shaodong Sun, Haoran Gao, Guangcai Yuan, Lilei Zhang, Wenyue Fu, Li Li, Hanbo Zheng, Shuqi Liu, Qi Qi, Junwei Yan, Pingkuan Gu, Lina Jing, Yan Chen, Yimin Chen
  • Patent number: 11947992
    Abstract: Implementations of the present specification provide a method and an apparatus for managing a TLB cache in a virtualization platform, where the virtualization platform runs a plurality of virtual machines, each virtual machine is allocated with a unique VPID, and all virtual logical processors in the virtual machine share the VPID; and a guest process running in the virtual machine is allocated with a PCID. An identifier field of a TLB entry in the TLB cache includes a VPID and a PCID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jian Feng Tan, Ti Wei Bie, An Qi Shen, Yong He, Xin Chen
  • Patent number: 11945015
    Abstract: A semi-automatic adjustment device for suppressing tension fluctuations during a rolling process of an ultra-thin strip includes a semi-automatic tension regulator, a semi-automatic tuned mass damper of variable stiffness and damping, a coiler, a tension roller and a twenty-high roller system. The semi-automatic tension regulator is disposed between the coiler and the tension roller, the semi-automatic tuned mass damper of variable stiffness and damping is disposed between the tension roller and the twenty-high roller system. The semi-automatic adjustment device can be used to reduce a short-time fluctuation impact of tension during startup and shutdown of a twenty-high roll mill when the twenty-high rolling mill rolls an ultra-thin strip, improve system stability, absorb the continuous micro disturbances generated during the rolling process of the twenty-high roll mill, and achieve flexible and stable adjustment of tension during the rolling process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Zhongkai Ren, Tao Wang, Xiao Liu, Peng Chen, Xiaobao Ma, Yaxing Liu, Qi Zhang
  • Patent number: D1022706
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN ENVICOOL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qi Cui, Guanqiu Zhou, Shusheng Chen